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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...
So...you’re applying for film school, huh? I mean, that’s just my assumption. Not sure why you would bother reading this otherwise, especially with where we are currently in The Cycle of Applications. These next couple weeks are pretty much when all the major film school programs have their...- Septopus
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Film School MFA Application Deadlines (Updated for 2021)
Wondering when you need to get that film school application in? Below is a list of all current graduate film school deadlines as of November 2020. Be sure to add your application to our Application Tracker after you've submitted it to the school. :) PLEASE NOTE: This is a list is meant to be a...- Chris W
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Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2020 stats)
People often ask "What is the minimum GPA for USC film school?" Or "What is the acceptance rate of NYU film school?" The problem is that Film Schools are often very tight lipped and secret about their acceptance rates and the minimum GPAs that they accept. However thanks to the over 2,700...- Chris W
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How to get Into USC Film School: An Interview With an SCA Admissions Committee Member
Considered by many to be the best film school in the world, it’s no wonder why the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is so sought after by prospective undergraduate and graduate students alike. However, the film school’s prestige can often make the application process particularly stressful and... -
How to Make the Most of Film School: Five Things I'm Glad I Did and Five Things I Regret
I loved every minute of going to UCLA for my MFA Screenwriting degree, but two years is a very short amount of time compared to undergraduate or even other graduate programs. I wanted to make the most of my short time in film school, and I’m sure you do too! If you are considering graduate...
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I tried to show diversity in my pieces. Video submission was bright and hopeful and happy. Writing piece was dark, suspenseful, dramatic, and the essay was hardly about film at all, but my outside experiences.
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Very relaxed - from what I can tell the interview does NOT weigh heavily for admission at this school. It was more of a way for the faculty to answer my questions. Super friendly.
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Undergraduate Film School Application Deadlines (Updated for Fall 2021)
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...
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Top 8 Undergraduate Film Schools on the East Coast
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Top 6 MFA Screenwriting Programs on the East Coast
The west coast has Hollywood, but the east coast is home to some of the country’s top Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting programs, including...
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.
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When all the noise went away, I asked 'why?' And that was wrong.
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Scrolling past all of my classmates successes on FB (and mostly being OK with it) I came across a post asking for film school advice. 'What should... -
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London Film School (LFS) - Directing Summer School with Udayan PrasadGreat Filmmaking Intensive, Though PriceyI attended this summer program in 2019. I wanted to try out directing in an environment where I would get feedback on my work and where I could...- llueve
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Northwestern University - School of CommunicationGood for film theory, not so much for production*Please take this with a grain of salt, as I went to NU over a decade ago. While I was there: Classes in film theory and screenwriting were great...
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Film And Television Institute of IndiaGraduate Certificate, TV DirectionI was enrolled in the 1-year Direction certificate course in the TV wing in the session 2018-19. Following are the pros and cons that I...
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University of Texas at Austin - Department of Radio-Television-FilmGreat film school outside of LA/NYCI would say overall UT's film school is a great choice! It is rated #11 on THR's Top Film School List in the U.S. Sure it's nowhere near LA or NY...
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Columbia College Chicago - Cinema Directing (M.F.A.)a great decisionColumbia College Chicago is not only one of America's best film schools it is also one of the most affordable. The program is advertised as 2...
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Film Connection Film InstituteHello, Thanks for the review
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NYU - Tisch Goldberg Department of Dramatic WritingWhat if you have no experience with screenplay formatting / using final draft?- Smeist
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USC School of Cinematic Arts (BA/BFA)USC undergraduate tuition is expected to be $60,000 for Fall 2021, but this page shows only $30,000 - is it a different tuition for SCA?- points4irony
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Columbia University - Screenwriting/Directing (M.F.A.)Hi everyone! Happy application season! My names Harriet, I'm from Canada and I have so many questions about applying to film school it's hard to...
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USC Cinematic Arts - Film and Television Production (MFA)The USC Cinematic Arts admissions website says that you do need the GRE. Is this new?- ArielleNotTheMermaid
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USC - Writing for Screen and Television - BFA 2020does anyone know the bra acceptance rate for usc screenwriting?
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...God I was panicking over some typos and mistakes... Thank you so much for this post!
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...ahhh I’m currently in the middle of working on my usc screenwriting apps, and I’ve been stressing out so so much! I really needed to hear this...
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Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2020 stats)Unfortunately that's not in our tracker yet but I can add it for this year's batch of applications. That's a good idea. In the meantime I'd post...
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...AMA from @Septopus7 is here...
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When all the noise went away, I asked 'why?' And that was wrong.This is so beautifully written Patrick. I just feel like giving you a tight bear hug. It is so nice to see somebody being frank and open about...
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.What a great post. I would like to hire you as my student's personal film school decision coach, LOL. -
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.Great post! Very informative and thorough! I'm looking forward to your update while you're at NYU.
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